Historical photos from Vero Beach and Indian River County

Pocahontas Park Zoo with Alice the Bear in 1926. This park was along 14th Avenue facing 21st Street, six years before the creation of Vero Beach.

The Florida Theatre along 14th Avenue in Vero Beach.

The Vero Yacht Basin

Indian River Citrus Bank, downtown Vero Beach, 1935

Farmers Bank of Vero Beach

What is now the Heritage Center.

Osceola Apartments in downtown Vero Beach

The original Osceola Pharmacy in downtown Vero Beach.

On December 16, 1919, Vero Beach city fathers offer to buy Vero Utility Company

City fathers forbid horses and mules from running loose in Vero Beach on July 19, 1916.

The 1926 view of the salt water pool at the Beachland Casino, later called the Windswept. I the 1950's the pool was used by the Dolphinette synchronized swim team. The site is now occupied by the Oceanside Holiday Inn.

Vero Beach High School

Orange Apartments, Vero Beach

Vero Beach Railroad Station, 1958.

Vero Beach City Hall, June 1919

Opening of the Vero Beach Bridge on Labor Day, 1920.

Vero Beach Bridge, Labor Day 1920.

McKee Jungle Garden royal palms

A.B. Michael, a local citrus pioneer, built this house in 1925 along the edge of the Indian River just south of the current Wabasso Bridge. The house was razed in 1989.

Beachgoers in Vero Beach

Club Mac, a restaurant on Vero's beach.

A.B. Michael, a local citrus pioneer, built this house in 1925 along the edge of the Indian River just south of the current Wabasso Bridge. The house was razed in 1989.

Dodgertown

Vero Beach Airport terminal

Vero Beach City Hall

The Vero Beach Railroad Station

Holman Stadium, Dodgertown

An aerial view of Dodgertown and the barracks that were on the property during WWII.